California bar exam

The California Bar exam is a 2-day exam, consisting of: • five 60-minute California essay questions, weighted 36% • one 90-minute California Performance Test, weighted 14% • the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50% According to the California State Bar, the essay questions are "designed to measure an applicant's ability to analyze legal issues arising from fact situations. Answers are expected to demonstrate the applicant's ability to analyze the facts of the question, to tell the difference between material facts and immaterial facts, and to discern the points of law and fact upon which the question turns... The answer should evidence the applicant's ability to apply the law to the given facts and to reason in a logical, lawyer-like manner from the premises adopted to a sound conclusion. An applicant should not merely show that he/she remembers the legal principles, but should demonstrate his/her proficiency in using and applying them." The following subjects may be tested on the California bar exam: • Business Associations • Civil Procedure (Federal and California) • Community Property • Constitutional Law • Contracts • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Evidence (Federal and California) • Professional Responsibility (ABA and California) • Real Property • Remedies • Torts • Trusts • Wills

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DOJ Complaint Filed Against California Bar for Denying Accommodations “We are asking the Department of Justice to ensure that the State Bar of California complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act so that test takers can take the bar exam on a level playing field,” Jinny Kim, managing attorney at Disability Rights Advocates, said in a statement. “The State Bar’s practices continue to exclude people with disabilities from the legal profession.” Four disabled law school graduates filed a joint complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against the State Bar of California for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide accommodations for the California bar exam—and that agency has already begun reviewing its policies. The four complainants—listed as Clarena Arbelaez, JR, Rosa Rico and RC—allege that the California bar engaged in “systemic disability-based discrimination and failure to accommodate test takers with disabilities, in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 42 U.S.C. § 12189,” according to the complaint. Want to continue reading? Become an ALM Digital Reader for Free! Benefits of a Digital Membership • Free access to 1 article* every 30 days • Access to the entire ALM network of websites • Unlimited access to the ALM suite of newsletters • Build custom alerts on any search topic of your choosing • Search by a wide range of topics Register Now Already have an account? *May exclude premium co...

The California Bar Exam is administered in February and July* of each year, typically during the last week of the month that includes a Wednesday. The exam is administered over two days and has three parts: • • • *Due to COVID-19, the July 2020 exam has been rescheduled to October, being administered online Oct. 5-6 (Monday and Tuesday). The written tests together account for 50% of your score, and the MBE accounts for the other 50% of your score. On Tuesday of the exam period, you will have three hours to answer three essay questions in the morning session,and you will have three hours and 30 minutes to answer two essay questions and one performance test in the afternoon session. On Wednesday, you will have (2) three-hour sessions for the MBE. The individual parts of the exam may not be taken separately. Each component of the California State Bar Exam is described on pages that may be found under the About the Bar Exam tab above. Information regarding the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) may be found under the It is very important that you review the For dates of upcoming bar exams, visit the For an introduction to the MBE, the Law Library offers Strategies & Tactics for the MBE: Multistate Bar Exam (

(Reuters) - California this week joined Texas and Florida in posting a pass rate decline on the July 2022 bar exam. Among the 7,164 people who took the attorney licensing exam, California is the last large jurisdiction to release the results of the July exam, which overall proved to be a mixed bag across the country. The pass rate in New York, which has the largest number of bar takers in the nation, with 9,609 takers in July, But like California, New York’s first-time pass rate declined, by three percentage points. The overall pass rate in Texas declined one percentage point, landing at 67%. Its first-time pass rate fell to 76% from 78% the previous year. Florida had one of the larger declines in 2022. Its overall July pass rate fell 10 percentage points to 51%, while its first-time pass rate declined 8 percentage points to 64% this year. Among those who took the District of Columbia’s July bar, 72% passed, down slightly from 73% the previous year. Similarly, Pennsylvania’s overall pass rate dropped from 69% in 2021 to 68% in 2022. Illinois’ overall pass rate ticked up slightly from 67% in 2021 to 68% in 2022. Virginia’s July 2022 overall pass rate held steady at 75%. Bar pass rates are closely watched in the legal industry. Law schools with low pass rates risk losing their American Bar Association accreditation, and low pass rates can constrain the entry-level hiring pool for legal employers. In most cases, law graduates cannot practice without passing the test. Only Ala...